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Bonne nuit maman by Mi-ae Seo
5.0

Bonne nuit maman (The Only Child in English) reminded me of Criminals Minds so much. Like the TV show, we follow a criminal psychologist, here a young woman named Lee Seon-gyeong (Seonkyeong in the English translation), as well as the crimimal. Lee Byeong-do (Yi Byeongdo) is a notorious serial killer and through the chapters written from his point of view, we get to see why he killed so many women.

The pacing was fast which I guess is because the book the book is short. Once I picked up the book, I couldn’t stop reading, each chapter makes the reader want to read more and ultimately, how the book is going to end. I did see some plot points coming but I didn’t except the revelation that took place in the last two pages of the book.

In France, the book is marketed as the “Korean Silence of the Lamb”, I didn’t read the book nor see the movie, I wouldn’t be able to say if it’s true or not. However, it is reference that Seon-gyeong is like Claire Starling and is nicknamed that way by her students.